by Nurat Uthman South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is taking the independent electoral body and a rival political party fronted by the country’s former leader to court. It's underscoring...

by Nurat Uthman Investigators raided the house of South Africa's National Assembly speaker on Tuesday as part of a corruption probe, prosecutors and parliament said, prompting opposition calls for her...

by Nurat Uthman An attempt to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital cutting in Gambia was sent for further committee discussions by lawmakers on Monday. Gambian activists fear the passage...

by Nurat Uthman South African rescue services searching for a missing charter boat captain are concerned about possible foul play after they discovered his boat burned and abandoned on a...

by Nurat Uthman An El Nino-induced drought is driving many to demand relief as the government considers declaring a food emergency. Residents of the Zimbabwean village of Buhera stood in...

by Nurat Uthman Somali police and international navies on Monday were preparing to attack a commercial ship that was hijacked by pirates last week, the Puntland region's police force said....

by Nurat Uthman Bauchi has been thrown into mourning following the sudden deaths of two children who were reportedly killed in a fire incident in their home after their mother...

by Nurat Uthman A number of government and aid agencies in Haiti have reported their facilities and aid supplies have been looted as Haiti spirals into another wave of gang...

by Nurat Uthman The European Union, which seeks to stem irregular migrant arrivals, and cash-strapped Egypt were Sunday due to sign a 7.4 billion euro ($8 billion) package of loans,...

by Nurat Uthman Clashes have broken out between government forces and M23 rebels leaving eight UN peacekeepers injured after a brief lull in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...